Kamis, 18 Januari 2007

The basic's for my art work!




Two different examples some knitted and some crocheted then joined together, I use all my scrap yarns and things I've collected that can be knitted to make the templates for the canvases I then make, that are on the knitting for art exhibition blogg.

So this week I've mostly been making samples and test pieces.

Minggu, 14 Januari 2007

Funky bag (No knitting)




What do you get if you cross and old denim kids skirt and dads old tie?

A funky teen bag, all I did was stitch the bottom on the machine measure the strap for length and away you go, no cutting required.

A retro peice at any School/University, Im sure it will catch on! watch this space

Sabtu, 13 Januari 2007

Baby Twins blanket No 1

Excellent gift idea's and totally easy, plain knit and a basic crochet stitch.

Pram top blanket No1, Its made from wool that looks like curtain edge (but soft wool) in appearance the colours lilac, baby blue, pink and yellow.

I knitted the centre rectangle then crocheted the edging to give a frilled effect.

Very traditional in colour and style or though the finished blanket looks a little girli, well twin 2 i'll make a more boyish version so she'll have a collection to choose from.

Jumat, 12 Januari 2007

Twisted! and I'm not talking about levi's


The latest edition to my knitting needles collection.
A snip at £2.99 at a Hobbie Craft store in Reading.
They take a bit of getting used to because as you knit they seem to spin.
But 10/10 for the novelty factor. They also came in pink and yellow.

This week i've been mostly learning Moss stitch


Moss stitch, one knit and one pearl thus creating a little festival bag made in a wide yarn that looked as if it was splashed with different shades of green 60% acrylic 40% wool it was a sale john lewis £3.95 half price! bargin (one ball one bag)

Knitted a rectangle and then joined with crochet and attached a crochet strap all in one peice.

Rabu, 10 Januari 2007

Recycled shopping bag!




The main bag part, has been made using a 15mm crochet hook. The recycle part is that if you look close, you can see that I knitted in lot of bottle lids in. About a month reclaims every lid from every cleaner, food, bottles of juice etc

Then I had to drill through the lids and then attach them to the knotted together scubi's. The handle I made as a separate piece and then attached it using a 5mm crochet hook. Tricky using the smaller hooks with the plastic as the tention is very tight.

Selasa, 09 Januari 2007

New start, New year



A high light hair hook, funky wool and a fab button and we have an amazing little clutch bag.

Took a while as the hook end is tiny, and a little sharp but all the same a free crochet hook.

I knitted a rectangle, then crochet around the rectangle intead of just up and down as I'd begun.

Folded and rectangle round like an envelope and then joined the edges and around the flap opening part. Then attached the chain strap and so all in one piece no join's.

Amazing!